Likud Considers War Hero Elisha Medan for Knesset Speaker Role
Summarized from The Jerusalem Post by baba
Likud is considering nominating war-wounded MK Elisha Medan for Knesset Speaker, potentially against Yashar's candidate, MK Matan Kahana. Medan lost both legs in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas War. Kahana's nomination followed opposition party leader disputes and a push for a vote to replace the current Likud speaker, Amir Ohana, to increase opposition control over the Knesset agenda.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Likud is considering MK Elisha Medan, who lost both legs in Gaza, for Knesset Speaker.
- Medan would compete against MK Matan Kahana, nominated by the Yashar party.
- The opposition seeks to replace Likud's Amir Ohana to control the Knesset agenda.
- A plenum vote for the new Knesset Speaker is scheduled for next week.
- Kahana's nomination followed disputes among opposition party leaders.
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